Homemade Air Conditioner with Car Blower Motor

[jtmax24]

That's a lot of power and wiring. But I bet that SOB blows some air.

[spinergy686]

I came across your video & I was hoping you can help me. I cannot find the short in my truck blower wiring. If I run the blower straight from the 12v battery with a toggle switch will I be at risk of fire?

[hutchtransfer]

@spinergy686 Sorry but I am not sure about this. However I have run an electric bicycle off of 24V with lead batteries using just a toggle switch and I had no problems. I had to make sure the toggle switch could handle the amps and the voltage.

[KanaCanaful]

ghetto version

[jrfreak56]

hey man this is cool as a mutha i like it alot that was a good idea

[guayacan07]

so you gonna stop every 2 hrs to get a bag of ice? $2 for a bag of ice, 4 a day,$8 a day , in 365 days is $2,920 not worth it

[hutchtransfer]

@guayacan07  I never bought any ice. Just used the frozen water bottles as shown in the video. I only ran this for a few hours a day and not 8 as you figured. This is an old design that I no longer use. Recently I built a homemade swamp cooler that I use instead. If you go to my channel you will find the video. This is much better since I don't need ice. Just fill it up with water, and the cooling effect is about the same. Oh, and I got my AC fixed in my car!

[sabrpilot]

whoever cliked "dislike" must not like you, GREAT STUFF!!!!

[amos033]

really well done and wise. you have made it for your car and room. Try adding a 12V relay and switch. Otherwise well done. Becareful with that computer supply.

[tallboymundo]

A/C & a place for cold beer.

[portmurphy1]

genius

[workingthrash]

hats off to you

[Synthbin]

Looks nice ! But i wonder can it cool down a normal room? and does the room temperature actually gets lower?

[hutchtransfer]

@Synthbin If this is in a small room then it can cool down the room by a few degrees. However, this is way more effective as a personal air cooler. It does a great job of cooling down your 'personal space'. If you are across the room then you can hardly feel anything, especially if you have a weak fan.

[origamix72]

u can use a high output air compresser if u want

[RocketBurn11]

If you used dry ice would it displace oxygen indoors or would it be too little to matter? Just curious, my dorm doesn't have AC and we can't have AC units so I'm planning to make something like this for next year.

[hutchtransfer]

@RocketBurn11 I'm not sure about the dry ice. If your dorm will be in a dry climate, then I would suggest building a swamp cooler. It seems to cool better since you don't need to constantly replace the ice. I imagine you wouldn't be able to cool too much ice in your dorm, however you'll always have access to water.  Check out my channel and see my homemade swamp cooler. Maybe this could work for you.

[bajabilly2004]

you should have paid an extra 15$ and bought the whole toyota tercel that fan came out of, chances are that car had ac..

[hutchtransfer]

@bajabilly2004 That's a good one! Maybe worth an extra $10 since it didn't have a motor! ;)

[MrChevy815]

does it keep your car cold!

[hutchtransfer]

@MrChevy815 When the ice is not all melted it does a fairly good job of keeping me cool as long as the temperature is not over 100 degrees. It does not chill down the whole car, but just my personal space. I actually got the air conditioning fixed in my car, so I currently don't use this. My latest project is a homemade swamp cooler, and I use this instead of the cooler and ice for keeping me cool upstairs in my house.

[animebsd]

@hutchtransfer hey im building a swamp cooler also! i used a large ice cooler for drinks, beer ,(ect) and cut some holes in it. got a nice blower fan from a slim pedistal fan. and a pump from goodwill thats for a fountain. ive got the blower, pump and wiring done in this thing all im waiting for now is for the pads to arive in the mail

[hutchtransfer]

@animebsd Great to hear! When you get it working you will have to post a video of it. I will be posting a video soon of my swamp cooler.

[andrespereyda]

in dry vegas i especially like evaporative "swamp" coolers. a water line controlled by an automatic valve that soaks pads of some sort, and the air is blown across the wet pads

[hugehobbies]

put it on wheels lol

[mondays89]

Great vid! and when the jugs melt down you can just toss them back in the freezer and refreeze them then exchange them for prefrozen jugs. Very good idea!

[closetcleaner]

Cool. I was thinking that by forcing the intake air to travel to the bottom of the cooler, you would get cooler air. Although that would melt the ice faster.

Thanks for sharing : )

[hutchtransfer]

This is not a waste of time. Building it is my way of relaxing. It's called "a hobby".

[dreamextreme7]

Is there any reason you couldn't use a regular plug in fan for an apartment room? Does the battery make it safer avoiding electrical problems or something??

[hutchtransfer]

The design in this video does not use a battery. The old computer power supply I am using plugs into the wall, so essentially I do have a plug in fan, although it is more complicated than a simple store bought one. I first started out with a small plug in fan, however it did not put out enough air to be efficient. This car air conditioning fan puts out a lot of air and more quickly cools down a room.

[dreamextreme7]

@hutchtransfer

Thanks for your detailed feedback and thanx for responding so quickly.. 

[The1PublicEnemy]

Ha nice I thought about using a power supply but that was after I gutted it and use it to make a little portable air cooler XD I can still put it back together and use it for a big thing like that! Power supplies give more energy to the fan than a 12 v transformer so I should have thought that over lol

[TELORINODELHOYO]

wow amazing job dude

[psyfertech]

lol thats pretty cool but id just pay to get my ac fixed lol

[hutchtransfer]

Actually I just did get my car's air-conditioning fixed, however I still use it upstairs in my hot computer room.

[psyfertech]

@hutchtransfer ooooo, thats pretty cool

yea i just got mine fixed as well its awesome to have it

[hutchtransfer]

I especially need it since I live in Las Vegas!

[TheRealTrevorland]

Neat idea! How long does the ice last?

[hutchtransfer]

With my current containers the ice will last a few hours. I want to experiment with different sized closer packed containers to see if I can get the ice to last longer.

[gatrwrks]

Very cool

[Anothercoilgun]

Reuse and reclaim where ever you can.